Thursday 5 June 2014

Anil Sarkar conferred Ambedkar award-2014

Veteran leader and vice-chairman of state’s planning board, Anil Sarkar has been awarded the “ Dr B R Ambedkar socio cultural award-2014” for his contribution to the field of literature, cultural activities and for organizing Dalit movements in Tripura on Jun 02, 2014.

The department for Welfare of Scheduled Caste and OBC today organized the programme of Dr B R Ambedkar memorial award-2014 at Agartala Town Hall.

Earlier, on Sunday afternoon Anil Sarkar during a discussion meet on Dr B R Ambedkar at Agartala Town Hall for celebrating the 124th birth anniversary of Ambedkar said that ‘Ambedkar had tried to form a democratic society free from class divisions and oppression’. He pioneered the process of Dalit emancipation through his revolutionary ideas and thoughts and we can pay real regard to him only by living his ideals, thoughts and concepts’ said Sarkar.

During the award giving ceremony, social worker Sachindra Biswas has been awarded with the “Vidyasagar Socio cultural award-2014” and five successfully qualified candidates of TCS/TPS examination-2013 Rupan Das, Rupanjan Das, Amit Ghosh, Himadri Prasad Das and Kamal Bikash Majumder have been awarded with the “Dr B R Ambedkar Smriti Medha Sammanana-2014”.

Apart from this, seven meritorious SC and OBC students who won merit positions from rank 1st to 10th in Mdhayamik and Higher Secondary examinations during the year 2013 have been awarded with the “Dr B R Ambedkar Swarnapadak-2014” awards.

The “Dr B R Ambedkar memorial award-2013” were also given to hundreds of SC and OBC students across the state from classes Madhayamik to higher secondary level and the students of lower classes who passed their respective final examinations in first division during the year 2013.

During the award giving ceremony, SC Welfare Minister Ratan Bhowmik, OBC Welfare Minister Bijita Nath along with other dignitaries were present in the programme.

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